Cape Cod Mercury 15

Cape Cod Mercury 15 FK
Development
DesignerSparkman & Stephens
LocationUnited States
Year1940
BuilderCape Cod Shipbuilding
RoleSailing dinghy
NameCape Cod Mercury 15 FK
Boat
Displacement730 lb (331 kg)
Draft2.42 ft (0.74 m)
Hull
TypeMonohull
ConstructionWood or Fiberglass
LOA15.00 ft (4.57 m)
LWL13.83 ft (4.22 m)
Beam5.42 ft (1.65 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typefin keel
Ballast200 lb (91 kg)
Ruddertransom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig typeBermuda rig
Sails
SailplanFractional rigged sloop
Total sail area119 sq ft (11.1 m2)

The Cape Cod Mercury 15, is a sailing dinghy, first built in 1940 by Cape Cod Shipbuilding in the United States, and remained in production in 2020 after 80 years.

Also called the Mercury Sloop and just the Mercury, it is sometimes confused with the unrelated Ernest Nunes 1939 Mercury 18.